The Vancouver Canucks face the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
CANUCKS (2-1-2) at BLACKHAWKS (2-3-1)
8:15 p.m. ET; CHSN, SNP
Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk — J.T. Miller — Brock Boeser
Nils Hoglander — Elias Pettersson — Conor Garland
Danton Heinen — Teddy Blueger — Kiefer Sherwood
Pius Suter — Nils Aman — Daniel Sprong
Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek
Carson Soucy — Tyler Myers
Erik Brannstrom — Vincent Desharnais
Kevin Lankinen
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Noah Juulsen, Arshdeep Bains, Derek Forbort
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Dakota Joshua (testicular cancer recovery)
Status report
- Miller (undisclosed) participated in an optional morning skate and said his status “will be game time.” He took only two face-offs in a 3-0 win at the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. Canucks coach Rick Tocchet said Miller is probable and will err on the side of caution on whether he can take faceoffs.
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Blackhawks projected lineup
Nick Foligno — Connor Bedard — Teuvo Teravainen
Taylor Hall – Andreas Athanasiou — Tyler Bertuzzi
Ilya Mikheyev — Jason Dickinson – Ryan Donato
Patrick Maroon — Lukas Reichel — Craig Smith
Alex Vlasic — Seth Jones
Wyatt Kaiser — T.J. Brodie
Nolan Allan — Connor Murphy
Petr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Isaak Phillips, Philipp Kurashev, Joey Anderson
Injured: Alec Martinez (lower body)
Status report
- Kurashev is a healthy scratch for performance reasons, Blackhawks coach Luke Richardson said. The forward had one shot on goal and was minus-2 in 15:48 of ice time during a 4-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.
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